[Qt-interest] Data encryption

[Neville Dastur]

On 07/06/2010 17:56, Jason H wrote:
> There is a commercial version of SQLite for $2000 - that will give you 
> full database encryption. I don't think it is supported in Qt's 
> driver, but it should be a simple patch, as if memory serves, it is 
> just arguments to the sqlite API open() call.
>
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> *From:* M. Bashir Al-Noimi <mbnoimi at gmx.com>
> *To:* qt-interest at trolltech.com
> *Sent:* Mon, June 7, 2010 9:11:50 AM
> *Subject:* Re: [Qt-interest] Data encryption
>
> Hi,
>
> On 07/06/2010 08:38 ص, Konrad Rosenbaum wrote:
>> On Sunday 06 June 2010, M. Bashir Al-Noimi wrote:
>>    
>>> How I can encrypt/decrypt string objects in Qt?
>>>
>>> Because SQLite doesn't protect its data by authentication password I want
>>> to encrypt/decrypt stored data in SQLite database, what's your opinion
>>> about this issue?
>>>      
>> I had a quick look at the QSqlDatabase API and it does have a setPassword
>> call - have you tried to use it?
>>    
> It'll not works because SQLite itself doesn't support 
> username/password authentication.
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In fact you get two new methods that  need implementing. Key and Rekey.

An open source solution has existed for use with wxWidgets for a while 
called wxSqlite3. It encrypts the db using AES 256bit. I have managed to 
get this working in Qt by implementing my own sql driver. When I get a 
chance I'll post the details.


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